Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

1h 33m
Documentary
6.2

Women were clearly at the core of legendary photographer Helmut Newton's work. The stars of his iconic portraits and fashion editorials – from Catherine Deneuve to Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling to Isabella Rossellini – finally give their own interpretation of the life and work of this controversial genius. A portrait by the portrayed. Provocative, unconventional, subversive, his depiction of women still sparks the question: were they subjects or objects?

Cast

Helmut Newton
Self (archive footage)
Isabella Rossellini
Self
Grace Jones
Self
Charlotte Rampling
Self
Anna Wintour
Self
Claudia Schiffer
Self
Catherine Deneuve
Self
Sylvia Gobbel
Self
Marianne Faithfull
S elf
Nadja Auermann
Self
Phyllis Posnick
Self
Hanna Schygulla
Self
Carla Sozzani
Self
Arja Töyrylä
Self
June Newton
Self (archive footage)
Susan Sontag
Self (archive footage)
Yves Saint Laurent
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Gero von Boehm
Director, Screenplay
Tom Weichenhain
Editor
Sven Jakob-Engelmann
Cinematography
Pauline Pénichout
Cinematography
Uli Fischer
Cinematography
Felix von Boehm
Producer
Torsten Bönnhoff
Co-Producer

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